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i. .EDI! O RIALS.. f "THE OMAHA GUIDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones: WEbster 1617 or 1618 Entered as Second Class Matter March 16, 1927, at the Poatoffice at Omaha, Neb., underAet of Congress of March 8, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR Rare prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brother hood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles which will stand the acid test of Rood. All News Capy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our affice not later than 5t00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, preceed ing date of issue, to insure publication. A SOUND SECURITY MARKET No one will question the assertion that the Inst sort of (se curity) market to have :s the one which will absorb a vast, a mount of tin* ing rml sell'ng orders without being unduly dis flirted,’ ' I,,*,. Ralph Mender-hot, financial editor of the New York Woild Telegram, tec ntly. “It is also highly ad vantageous if the I id and offering prices are close enough together to ae corniiiodat buyers and sellers without financial hardship. In fae}, the practice of these two factors made the New York Stock Kxehange what it is today. “The importance of such conditions is apparent in more ways than on . A bank for instance, is more likely to make u collateral loan on a stock which enjoys a good market. The tms' j t’ es of an estate are apt to place eonsideckble importance on salability when selecting securities. And, of coitr-e, no investor likes to feel that In* is ‘hung up’ in a stock or bond.’ Mr. llmdershot also comments on the fact that too much governmental interference with the stock market can impair its functions ami services. Relations so far between the Seen- j rities and Kxehange ('ommission and Stock Kxehange execu-. lives have be n cordial aid cooperative, and the Commission lias! been cautious in issuing rulings. It is to he hoped that this at titude continues for the public can he just as seriously dam aged hy impairing a market's delicately adjusted mechanism as it can by financial chicneray. The problem is to abolish dubious financial practices and at the same time preserve the stock market’s responsiveness to trends, tliereh,. strengthening it as a true market place for se curities. The fact that both tin* Commission and the Exchange are working toward the same end augurs well for permanent stability and protection for the public. LOOK AT THE RECORD A metropolitan newspaper recently stated that the railroads had to be virtually strong-armed into introducing air brakes, automatic couplers and devices to make their operation safer. In considering tliis statement it is interesting to look at the record: In 1887, Congress empowered the Interstate Commerce Com mission to order any carrier engaged in interstate traffic to in stall automatic train stop and control safety devices. The Safe ly Appliance Aiq of 1893 made it unlawful after January 1, 1898, to operate trains in interstate commerce without automatic couplers, nil* brakes and other safety devices. But in 1870, some 17 years before the government passed train safety legislation, the Master Car Builders Association appointed a committee to study various types of automatic train brake* Out of a thous and patented devices, none were found to he satisfactory. Im provements were being rapidly made, however, and hy 1874, practical air brakes had been developed which would handle freightt and passenger trains. Since then there has been con tinuous improvement. From 18G9 to 1874, a committee of the Master Car Builders Association pronounced texts of automatic couplers a failure. By 1885 there were 3,100 patent* for car couplers in existence, but none of them satisfactory. Continued tests, however, had, by 1887. produced a coupler which was adopted as a standard by the railroads .and, with some modifietion, is the type in use today. By 1890, three years after the Master Car Builders Asso' ciation had approved a coupler, and three years before the Safe ty Appliance Act was passed, 25,551 out of the 26,8*20 passenger cars, and 75,485 out of 918,491 freight ears were equipped with automatic couplers. Ten years later, out of 1,450,838 freight ears 3,367,051 had them. It is interesting to note that the railroads ycre working on these safety devices many years before legislation appeared on the subject, and that, when a satisfactory device was found it was added to engines and cars almost as rapidly as it could be produced. FEW WANT THE “DOLE” The fear has been expresed that government old-age pen sions, which have been endorsed in principle by both major par ties, would be a blow to the life insurance industry. But serious students of the question doubt that it will—for two reasons. The first reason is practical. Neither party has gone on rec ord in favor of big pensions*—both favor small payments, that would simply provide for necessities. Persons who want a few luxuries must buy their own old-age security. Secondly—and this reason may be the most important—the American citizen doesn’t want to be a pensioner unless he has to, Tie inherited the individualistic character of the pioneers. And he is going to make every conceivable effort to assure a finaiv eially comfortable old-age through his own efforts, thrift and ability. Whether we have government pensions or not, men will still invest against the future in life insurance and other sav ings programs. REVISE THE YARDSTICK Writing in the Xew York Times, Arthur Krock points out i that the so-called TVA power-cost “yardstick" must lie revised i if the proposed Tennessee Valley power pool in which both the ■TVA and private systems would cooperate to serve, is to be suc cessful. Speaking of the existing yardstick, Mr. Krock said: “the government can arbitrarily charge an unfair proportion of cost at darns to navigation and flood control, and the rest to power. On that basis impossible o private industry—the yardstick is one which the companies cannot match. It is well known in Wash' ington that Chairman Morgan has beon greatly dissatisfied with the TVA estimates of power cost, one of the policies that has brought the Authority into the courts.” Mr. Krock might also have said that TVA pays almost no thing in taxis while private companies are heavily taxed. TVA i- immune to state rgnlation-—while the private companies are stringently regulated in every phase of operation. TVA gets var ious services free, /such as mail-franking, the use of govermnen trucks, etc., while the private companies must pay for every thing they use. TVA is subsidized with money raised at low in ter, *t rates by the government while private power companies must get their money from investors in the open money market. So it goes down the line—the existing TVA “yardstick” is com pletely inaccurate and entirely unfair. It is rumored that the Administration now plans to correct the yardstick, which will be a fine thing if it does. Only in that way canrthe TVA make any pretense of being a self-sustaining enterprise. FOLLOW DELAWARE’S EXAMPLE Delaware is a small state—but it ha.s big and worthwhile ideas. One of these ideas is its annual motor vehicle inspection campaign conducted under complete state control. Delaware pi' oneered this idea. During two recent weeks 24,000 ears were examined and ap proved. Thousands of other cars were found defective and or ders to correct, mehanieal defects were issued. Defective foot brakes proved the most serious cause for rejection, with bad lights second. In addition during last year alone the state re moved 580 antiquated vehicles and sent them to a well deserved rest on the junk pile. It is of great interest that, according to Delaware’s Secre tary of State, there ha.s been an almost complete “right about face’’ in the public’s attitude toward these inspection campaigns. At first drivers were antagonistic-—Dow the great bulk of them appreciate the value and necessity of inspections and are eager to cooperate. Every state should adopt the Delaware plan—and keep it up year in and year out. Some of the states have carried on spor adic. badly organized inspection campaigns, with inadequate fac cilities, and little good haw resulted. Other states have conduct' ed campaigns in which drivers could have their ears inspected or not, as they chose. Such campaigns arc a waste of time—the drivers with defective machines stay away from the inspection stations. The mechanically dangerous ear is directly responsible for hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries annually. Us elim ination is essential if we are to reduce the ghastly accident toll. ELECTRICITY—HERE AND ABROAD Henry (). Knaf of the Consolidated Edison Company, lias made a factual study of the retail use of electricity in Europe. Conditions in seven representative countries were investigated, including foreign nations where electric development has been relatively rapid, snob as Norway and Switzerland. Mr. Knaf’s survey shows that in those countries, the cost of electric power, on a comparative basis of wage earners’ pay. averages tliroe times ns high as in our country. That is, the cost per kilowatt holir in the United States amounts to 8.4 per cent of the hourly wage paid a skilled worker. In European coun tries, it amounts to almost 27 per cent. This unusual comparison easts additional light on the old debate of whether the II. S. electric utilities have done a good i job. in tlie seven European countries studied, electric develop ment has been largely by government, while in this country it i 1ms been primarily by private initiative and enterprise. And our ! rates are not onlv much lower, when living standards and in comes are taken into'account, but service is invariably better and use of power in the average home is greater. Borne critics of the private electric utilities cite eases of the European countries where farm electrification has apparently been developed to a higher degree than in the United States. What they don’t cite is the fact that in such countries population density is great, making the problem of building lines into the rural areas a much simpler one. Mr. Knaf observes that when sections of the United States truly comparable to Europe are examined-—such as Oregon and Washington—our rural electri fication development compares favorably with that in any other country and is far ahead of most. In the most advanced European countries the percentage of a worker’s pay cheek that goes to the power company is three times as great as in this country! Thatj striking fact alone is enough to refute the argument that our private electric utiliites have fallen down on the job, and should be Europeanized at the expense of private enterprise and opportunity. HIS DUE SHARE It’s a far cry from the day when the average farmer raised his produce, sold it for whatever he could, and knew nothing about organization. Today the up'to-the-minute producer belongs to an agricul tural selling cooperative. ITis cooperative management, elected by the members, helps him to better producing methods. It stud ies markets, existing and potential. It makes its voice heard in legislation. Tt bargains with distributors—not in an attempt to overly boost prices, but to see to it that the farmer gets his due share of the eventual consumer price, for what he has to sell. It keeps its members informed on all manner of issues that affect agricultural welfare. The result is that today's little fanner is in a sounder economic position than yesterday’s farmer, big or little. MAXIE MILLER ! WRITES | Maxie Miller; I am a man 45 and my wife is a girl 18. I don't mind work, but the WPA job I have does not give me enough to buy all this girl wants- She is not satisfied and unless I get more money and buy more things for her she will quit me- Do you think it will break my h»*art if she does, and still I don’t know how to get any more money What can I do? —Samuel Samuel: You are “in the middle of a bad fix,” but common sense will get you out- I urn sorry for you since you love this mercenary woman who does not care for you Sho is foolish and she is unfair to lake such a position, and f she re ally means this she is unworthy of your love I’d just talk “cold tur key” to her and if she insists on quitting, let her go- Learn the art of forgetting-—Maxie Miller SUCCESS NOT IN THE STARS By R- A. Adams (For the Literary Service Bureau) Success has never come thru stars, But rather by defying bars By foes erected in the way, Progress to hinder and delay. Folly Indeed, to center hope In sodiacal horoscope, And for all who of such would prate, Does disappoinment cruel wait ‘Tis not thru stars one may succeed; To deem so folly is, indeed, For victory in the game of life won by constant toil and strife. Sc, of this truth I would remind; Persistent striving, you will find, Greater success will bring to you, Than all the stars can ever do. SERMON KITE By Arthur B. Rhinow (For the Literary Service Bureau) The man in the street car smil ed at the pretty child sitting on its mother’s lap, and immediately the mother smoothed the little one’s hair und daress- I have often noticed that and wondered why it was done. T believe the mother says in her, “You admire my child, and there for I want her to look her best ” If nobody paid attention to the little girl, the mother, too, would cease to care. Why make the child look her best if nobody looks? Indeed why would any of us try 0 look and be our best if nobody :ared, if no one ever said a word >f commendation to us? A little tompiinient, if sincere, has brigh tened the day for many a person “Your hat is becoming,” “You tpoke well,” Nice work,” and simi lar words of encouragement often trail much more to the recipient ban wo know- Some hearts are hungry for a little recognition. We .;U like to be told that we did well tpd yet how little we avail ourselves of the opportunities to cheer others. Just a few words. They cost so '.ittlo and they may help so much 1 hey spur us on to finer effort, If we are at all healthy minded. They make the heart sing “Excelsior.” They make us thankful for kind ness And when some day we shall hear the Great Voice say, “Well done, thou good and faithful ser vant” that will be no small part of the bliss of heaven take time to be holy The tercentenary celebration of Long Island reminds me of an In cident I read in Jacqueline Overton’s Long Island’s story. About the middle of the seven teenth century, the people of the hreo colonies, Midwout, now Fiat bush, Amrsfoot, now Flatlands and Breukelen, now Brooklyn, worship ped in the same church, all three groups contributing to the minis ter’s salary- After a while, however, Breukelen discontinued Its pay ments because “his sermons were too short.” They felt they were not getting their money’s worth- The way to the church was long and ’arduous and they paid their good guilder, and so they thought they had a right to expect something of “last ing” value How times have changed- Today a congregation is more likely to be come dissatisfied with the minister becauso his sermons are too long than too short- Surces of informa tion have vasitl^r multiplied^ and the preacher is expected to inspire more than inform- And yet the ad vantages are not altogether with the modern age. The cultivation of the spiritual life needs, and in the everyday rush we make so little provision for vaitng upon the Lord. And while we do not advocate drawn out sermons, we certainly be lieve in what the old Gospel hymn admonishes: “Take time to be holy ” j MRS. SCHULYER SAYS j By Mrs. Josephine Schulye? 1 FOR THE CALVIN SERVICE I The Stork That Lays The Golden Egg Up in Canada, an ironic bachelor died a decade ago and left a half a million dollars to the mother who would produce the greatest num ber of little Canadians in the next ten years, since then, many mo ther has broken down under the strain of stork competition The first of November Is the marathon’s dead line. Why all of this new interest of capitalistic countries in multiple births, triplets, quadruplets, quin tuflets? The root of the mutter is the actual decline in population in western nations. America reached the peak of its birthrate In 1921, the year that beckoned three million little ones from t-e infinite. But it will never happen agan- It came after the Work! War as a reaction to the feeling that we had conquered, thaf we were a great expanding empire- That was before we had to ! PROVERBS ! AND | PARABLES i f -T~t—f §t. Hy A. H- Mann (For the Literary Service Bureau) SAFETY VS SORROW In the axiom "Better to be safe than to be sorry” there is a warning against haste and carelessness such as usually end in accidents and in juries which are seriously regret table. The further meaning Is that care, caution, restraint, self con trol, which insure saftey are infin itely better than haste and rashness which cause sorrow or repentance for injuries done—and that could been avoided. Then, it is an indisputable fact that in very many instances the in jury done is such that the most sincere repentance and deepest sor row cannot undo- Yes, it is far better to be safe and avoid accidents and injury than to be sorry after such have been caused by careless ness or rashness j ALTA VESTA j A GIRL’S PROBLEMS ? f f By Videtta Ish t » Dear Alta Vesta; From your let ter I see that you are wondering, and I am glad you are taking such interest in these subjects. I shall help you to get the proper views, but there 'are questions no one can answer Yu see, my child, all of the peo ple believe in God and all of them love God—the same God, and that counts first. It is like going to a big city There are differents ways -f reaching it from the different dir ections, but they all lead ta it. So these cults as they are called, are seeking God, trying to please, Him, though they differ in what is called their approach to Him- And, of course, since He understands them all, He gves them credit for their good intentions and uses them to help His cause But in spite of this, people who do not understand, wonder just who is right. Ail are right in their in tentions and desires to do right, and that is what matters rather than the minor thing such as names and methods. I 'am anxious for you to give the closest attention to these things and profit by this religious campaign Love to you both Your father Gets Death Penalty For Wounding Man Shreveport, Da-, ,Oct- 31 (C)— Thomas Howard, 28, was given a death sentence Wednesday for wounding Dan L Perkins, whom he shot in ambush in Perkins’ gar age. No case in which a jury spe cified the death penalty when the victim of a shooting survived could be recalled by court attaches, al though the crime of lying in wait with intent to commit murder is punishable by death in Louisiana Forniss Retires From Tampa Bulletin Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 31 (C)— M- L- Fonii.ss,formerly advertising I manager and linotype operator of the Tampa Bulletin, has announced Ms retirement from journalism- Mr. I and Mrs- Forniss now live at 2G25 I South 18th street. pay the war d*bts Since then with two depressions, several drou ghts and prospects of new, unwant ed wars, the birthrate has steadily declined. If it keeps on, thirty years hence will see the start of a perman ent depression from which we’U never recover. More Babies, More Industry When we are unable to maintain our present level of population, no more building on a large scale will b>* possible Real estate which has been rising in value since 1620, will constantly decline. So will 'all other industry, ineludng farming, teach ing, medicine and law But between now and this distrastrous date pro bably lies our period of greatest building expansion. These three mil ion 1921 infants are growing up and will soon be married and de mand homes of their own. So all ye wicked land speculators get your profits soon or never 1 ho C>ty s Io Blame Cities have always been Warned for every major evil. Now, accord ing to 0 E Baker, U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, cities are to blame for a falling birthrate. In the city, children are an economic liability, not an asset On the farm children pay for their keep from an early age. So with the industriali zation of all western countries has ccme the steady birth decline. Europe, of course, suffer* far more from this trend than we She Is more urbanized- Italy put a tax on bachelors, pays for the honey moon and offers bonuses for babies. Germany has a marriage loan and ■all kinds of state privileges for large families But these are crut ches and have not actually increas ed their birthrates a lot. What would do It immediately would be a rising standard of living Humana like animals respond to a greater food supply by immedaite natural increase. What is the only country in the world today with a rising standard of living? Soviet Russia Fascism’s bugaboo! Russia has the largest and only steadily rising birthrate anywhere The Fascists know that Time is on the side of the Russians; hence, their haste for war. It’s now or never for them, too. Hope: A Midwife What else has Russia they have n't? Hope A future for the deve h'pment of their culture. If it were fe'ar of war alone which blighted populations, as some experts say, Russia wdth two enemies, Germany and Japan, snarling at her from either side, would be blighted- But Russia is as we were in our war wth England in 1812 She is fear less because her future is unlimit ed now. She has room to expand. In Allahabad, India, sextuplets were recently born to a poor woman of the most depressed class One died but the other five are doing well Rut they will never rival the Dion nes. They will not become the shrino of a whole continent^, the ideal of a whole culture. The Pow ers That Be do not desire to en courage the darker folk of the world to increase It is too danger ous. In the long run, oer a period of centuries, it is the nations of the most people who survive (however wretchedly) Aframerieas’ Birthrate Lowest Here The birthrate of colored America is going down fastest of all Amer icans- Hopelessness Is the reason. With the movement of greater num bers of Negroes to the cities, the decline will increase Though cities, in one way, offer greater freedom to Negroes, they have their own forms of severe slavery. (This goes for whites, too). As long ‘as people have the earth and the sky to them selves, they can better endure hu man bondage, because these offer ■avenue of escape to the spirit- A bad diet in the country where sun shine is free and 'air pure, dees not ravage the body as bad as a city diet. The city diet is killing color ed America- You have to become food conscious, select your diet de liberately and scientifically to sur vive city life- Most Aframerlcans don’t do this. The birthrate of those on relief here rose in the beginning- That was the first reaction to a degree of security provided by the govern ment- I doubt if It will continue. Some people got very excited about this, saying it would give us an increase in the poorest stock- Pro fessionals and the wealthy should have more children and improve the stock- Nonsense! Professionals woefully neglect their children and, with the rich, leave them to the care of poorly paid nurses- The poor have always been the incubators of the races- ,
